[thelist] Confused by 'ems'...

John Pye john.pye at purplehouse.com
Wed Nov 22 09:38:35 CST 2000


Hi Janice

> ..wanted to NOT use the pt or px sizes
> so that the text will be scaled according
> to the size selected by the user..

Perhaps you want to use % units. That RichInStyle doc seems to say that they
are OK, if used carefully. See section D in that document I quoted, here:
http://www.richinstyle.com/bugs/netscape4.html#units

But don't set relative sizes on BODY or DIV tags, see:
http://www.richinstyle.com/bugs/netscape4.html#font

It's painful stuff alright.

JP






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